Analysis of Dont Fall Prey

tyrone peck 1963 (Kerrville Tex)



it is easier to fall prey to our weaknesses,
rather than to remain strong.
yet it easier to remain strong,
rather than to fight these battles.


Scheme ABBC
Poetic Form
Metre 11100111110100 1011011 111001011 10111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 139
Words 26
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by tyrone_p on June 11, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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